How many die later from serious injuries on our roads?
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From: Adrian on 10 Feb 2010 16:41 Tony Dragon <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> <cough> >> So do I. >> <goes back to sleep> > Trouble is I got it wrong as well. > See next post We'll get there in the end, between us.
From: Tony Dragon on 10 Feb 2010 16:43 Ian Jackson wrote: > In message <6uCdndZ4R8pOjO7WnZ2dnUVZ8k9i4p2d(a)bt.com>, Tony Dragon > <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> writes >> Adrian wrote: >>> "Nightjar <\"cpb\"@" <"insertmysurnamehere> gurgled happily, sounding >>> much >>> like they were saying: >>> >>>> Do I take it that you are too young to remember what sort of wrecks >>>> were >>>> on our roads before the MOT was introduced? >>> Umm, Colin... It might be worth you remembering that anybody who was >>> driving at the time the MOT was introduced would now be rapidly >>> approaching 80 years old... >>> It was over a decade before I was born, and I'm closing on 40. >> >> Care to run your working out past me. >> First MOT 1960 50 years ago >> Age when getting driving licence 18 >> I make that 68. >> > Or even: > Age when getting driving licence 17 > I make that 67 (which is what I am). > Of course, the MOT was originally for cars which were 10 years old (not > the 3 of today) - hence the term "Ten Year Testing". Oops -- Tony Dragon
From: Tony Dragon on 10 Feb 2010 17:24 Adrian wrote: > Tony Dragon <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >>> <cough> >>> So do I. >>> <goes back to sleep> > >> Trouble is I got it wrong as well. >> See next post > > We'll get there in the end, between us. Perhaps I need the MOT, trouble is I'll probably fail (emissions,Exhaust) -- Tony Dragon
From: "Nightjar "cpb" on 10 Feb 2010 19:34 Adrian wrote: > "Nightjar <\"cpb\"@" <"insertmysurnamehere> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> Do I take it that you are too young to remember what sort of wrecks were >> on our roads before the MOT was introduced? > > Umm, Colin... It might be worth you remembering that anybody who was > driving at the time the MOT was introduced would now be rapidly > approaching 80 years old... > > It was over a decade before I was born, and I'm closing on 40. You didn't need to be a driver to know what they were like. My father bought an old van that he fitted seats into the back of when I was about 5. If you looked down when sitting in the back, you could watch the road passing by underneath. A year or so earlier, on a family trip to Southend in one of my father's cousins' car, my sandcastle bucket had served to catch the oil coming out of the breather, so it could be poured back into the engine every so often. Nevertheless, I have driven a car where the door panels flapped, as the bottoms had rusted off, and which needed to be steered to the right everytime I braked, as only one front drum worked. In retrospect, it is surprising I ever made it through to being a pensioner. Colin Bignell
From: Doug on 11 Feb 2010 02:44
On 10 Feb, 20:10, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 10 Feb, 17:28, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam- > > blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > Doug wrote: > > >> Another interesting aspect is that the majority of people are never > > >> injured in a road traffic collision in their lives and yet Doug > > >> manages at least two, possibly more. > > > > There was one more where I was driven off the road while cycling and > > > suffered hospitalising injuries when I struck an earth/stones/bushes > > > bank. Of course there have been a multitude of near misses including a > > > deliberate ramming by a taxi driver recently. > > > Has it occurred to you that cycling isn't for you? > > > -- > > Dave - the small piece of 14th century armour used to protect the armpit. > > It's his only alternative to driving, I suspect his D/L has been > pulled hence the hatred of drivers. > You are wrong yet again. I took up cycling again for medical/health reasons and my driving licence was not pulled. My dislike of motorists is largely due to their behaviour, driving too fast, putting lives at risk, polluting the air we breathe, leaving their machines lying about all over the place, road rage, and worst of all their sheer numbers. I see them as a blight on mankind and the environment. It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't so many of them. -- World Carfree Network http://www.worldcarfree.net/ Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K. |